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SUMMARY:Mull Historical Society
LOCATION:Manchester Hallé St Peter's
DESCRIPTION:Plus Paper Beat Scissors - Following on from the critical and 
 commercial success of the previous record\, In My Mind There’s A Room\, 
 Colin MacIntyre – AKA Mull Historical Society – will return this year 
 with another literary inspired marvel.Due for release on 29 May via the LN
 FG label\, this brand new collection of songs (his 10th) will feature lyri
 cal contributions from a panoply of world-leading authors\, all of whom we
 re asked to reflect on a single significant photo to them. Amongst the col
 laborators on In My Mind There’s A Photograph are best-sellers\, Pulitze
 r\, Booker\, Costa\, Women’s Prize and Saltire Award-winners including I
 rvine Welsh\, Ali Smith\, Len Pennie\, Jehan Bseiso\, Louise Welsh\, Ireno
 sen Okojie\, Paul Lynch\, Colum McCann\, Yiyun Lee\, Alan Johnson\, Dan Ri
 chards and Sir Alexander McCall Smith.With Colin playing the ‘Elton to t
 heir Bernie’\, coupling his musical idiosyncrasies to their affecting wo
 rds\, together they have created 12 songs of vivid photographic realisatio
 n and a very real emotional resonance. The first of these collaborations i
 s Cattle Bells\, which features words from Sir Alexander McCall Smith\, ac
 claimed author of the No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series among countle
 ss other feats.Set in Botswana\, Cattle Bells finds the veteran writer ref
 lecting on a photo of him sitting on the top of a hill overlooking the bea
 utiful surrounds of the Kalahari (pictured on the single artwork)\, contem
 plating on life\, time\, being in the moment\, and reacquainting with his 
 younger self.A rumination on what home really means to us\, Colin explains
  of the track: ‘I have loved working with Sandy\; he is such a generous 
 and inspirational writer and man\, and I am honoured to have this personal
  story from him of connection with ourselves and where we feel at home as 
 the lead single off the album. The opening line\, “This must be me…”
 \, with the intriguing use of the word “must”\, strikes me as a line o
 nly a novelist could summon. I have always been inspired by Paul Simon and
  his Gracelands album\, and this song allowed me to achieve an ambition of
  working with the glorious London African Gospel Choir.’Speaking about t
 he finished recording of Cattle Bells\, Sir Alexander says: ‘Colin has m
 ade a lovely job of capturing my words and photograph. Cattle Bells is a b
 eautiful\, rather haunting piece.’Cattle Bells was recorded and mixed du
 ring Summer/Autumn 2025 at Tobermory’s Bb Studios on the Isle of Mull\, 
 produced by MacIntyre alongside the 12 tracks that comprise upcoming album
  In My Mind There’s A Photograph\, and engineered by Gordon Maclean.Alon
 gside the album’s release on 29 May\, 2026 finds Colin in the most creat
 ive and prolific form of his career. An established author in his own righ
 t\, MacIntyre’s fifth book\, and the second in his Mull Mysteries Crime 
 series\, An Island Burning\, is also out in April on Black & White Publish
 ing/Bonnier Books. Elsewhere\, his multi-genre musical\, Culloden\, for wh
 ich he has written the script\, book and music\, also goes into pre-produc
 tion in the first half of this year. Plus\, with the 25th anniversary of h
 is Gold-selling\, album-of-the-year-polls-topper Loss coming around\, expe
 ct further news on some special anniversary plans in due course.Accompanyi
 ng the upcoming release of In My Mind There’s A Photograph\, fans can al
 so expect a run of brand new live shows featuring appearances from some of
  his collaborating authors – standby for further details on those immine
 ntly.Support comes from Paper Beat Scissors. Under the moniker Paper Beat 
 Scissors Tim Crabtree stitches delicate and intricate tapestries of songs 
 threaded through by an unmistakable haunting voice. Over three albums and 
 four EPs the Berlin-based\, Lancashire-born artist has featured on the cov
 er CD of Rolling Stone and been labelled ‘startling and beautiful’ by 
 BBC Radio’s ‘Whispering’ Bob Harris. Crabtree has shared the stage w
 ith Martha Wainwright\, Sun Kil Moon and Great Lake Swimmers\, and perform
 ed at Wilderness and Rolling Stone Weekender festivals amongst many others
 .This concert takes place in Hallé at St Michael’s – a former Roman C
 atholic church\, which was founded in 1859 and became the heart of the Lit
 tle Italy Community in Ancoats.AGE RESTRICTION: This is a 14+ show. Under 
 16s must be accompanied by an adult.PLEASE NOTE: The ticket price includes
  a £1.20 venue levy.\n\nBoletos: https://wegottickets.com/event/696282
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